EP 0898648 A1 19990303 - CYCLONE VORTEX SYSTEM AND PROCESS
Title (en)
CYCLONE VORTEX SYSTEM AND PROCESS
Title (de)
ZYKLON-TAUCHROHRVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN
Title (fr)
SYSTEME ET PROCEDE TOURBILLONNAIRE A CYCLONE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9706806 W 19970429
- US 63915396 A 19960429
Abstract (en)
[origin: US5672187A] This invention relates to a system and process for fuel or liquid preparation including a plurality of vortex stacks of sequential vortex elements based on fuel or liquid inputs or conditions operationally coupled with an integrated pre-manifold centrifuge type-cyclone scrubber. Each vortex stack comprises a base vortex element followed by varying arrangements of air-accelerator vortex elements. The fuel enters the base vortex element creating a vortical (spinning) column, which is enhanced and accelerated by transonic-sonic velocity air inflows in the accelerator vortex elements. Entrained fuel aerosol droplets are sheared and turbulently reduced by pressure differentials into a viscous vapor phase, and then into a gas-phase state. The vortical column containing turbulently vaporized fuel and any residual aerosols in the air mixture then passed into and through a venturi. Then, the fluid flow may go through to a fuel scrubbing and mixing section where any collected aerosols are returned as liquid to the stacks and re-processed. This allows only the vaporized, homogenized and usually chemically stoichiometric, or leaner, (oxygen balanced) and combustion ready gas-phase fuel to exit the system.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B01F 5/00 (2006.01); F02M 19/035 (2006.01); F02M 29/06 (2006.01); F02M 33/00 (2006.01); F02B 1/04 (2006.01); F02B 75/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B01F 25/10 (2022.01 - EP US); B01F 25/102 (2022.01 - EP US); F02M 19/035 (2013.01 - EP US); F02M 29/06 (2013.01 - EP US); F02M 33/00 (2013.01 - EP US); B01F 2025/9191 (2022.01 - EP US); F02B 1/04 (2013.01 - EP US); F02B 2075/025 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9741344A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 5672187 A 19970930; AU 2991797 A 19971119; EP 0898648 A1 19990303; WO 9741344 A1 19971106
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 63915396 A 19960429; AU 2991797 A 19970429; EP 97924513 A 19970429; US 9706806 W 19970429